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this fngaged in. first ona tine ation to ne i orn _ fl Wat to Soc aimed at someone who's -- i I certainly feel in ; beart an in my heart . ave not done anything ~ warrants resignation or f7pulsion, Williams said . sence after the Senate mmittee on Ethics iserplag,=rmmended ison, 61, a : the Senate for 23 yearn hesected by the vote, but leartened by the panel's call todelay & vote by the full nate pending completion of his trial appeal. . * | “THEY RECOGNIZE because the case is 1 tion thats cal The Senate Ethics mittee : investigation, and they voted unan-. has found Sen. Harrison Williams imously to recommend his expul ty. of “ethically repugnant” ion. >” conduct, but it also has displayed But the its own repugnance of expelling | mended that the Senate delay vot- ” member ing on expulsion until after a_ ei Pres ._ federal judge rules onthe New - Significantly, none of the six“ .“Yersey Democrat's motion to over- . members of the committee found turn his conviction on nine counts ° | anything redeeming in Williams’s“‘.” “of bribery, conspiracy and other... conduct during the FBI’s ABSCAM. ;""*: charge: fyi Tees faye was.“entrapped” by the the Ethics Committee then change > was ethically repugnant? * Not likely. The Ethics Committee is not a court of law. Its function is determine whether a member's conduct . violates conflict-of-inter- “est rules and reflects adversely on ‘the Senate, and whether the mem- _ ber is fit to continue holding an off- ice of public trusts. 2: a0e . The: committee has ‘determined _ that Williams is not fit. In suggest- ing that the vote be put off, the __ committee seems to be hoping that the judge will deny Williams's ap~ - peal, and that the senator will therr - resign, thereby saving the mem- ‘bership from the dist steful task of mE Oe TAI nt See teh ate fppens to his appeal esign. Since he won't, the enate to oust him forthwith: